unveiling the wisc-iv donna rury smith, ed.d. the psychological corporation
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Unveiling
the
WISC-IVDonna Rury Smith, Ed.D.
The Psychological Corporation
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Agenda
A broad look at the changes and why we made them.
A closer look at the new and familiar subtests
Research design of the new WISC IV
Psychometric properties of the test
Interpretive considerations
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Role of Intelligence Tests
The task of assessing a child’s intelligence necessarily involves more than simply obtaining his or her scores. As Wechsler (1975) noted:
What we measure with tests is not what tests measure—
not information, not spatial perception, not reasoning
ability. These are only a means to an end. What
intelligence tests measure is something much more
important; the capacity of an individual to understand
the world about him and his resourcefulness to cope with
its challenges.
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Why Revise?
New research on cognitive abilities, enormous literature on the WISC – III
Demographic Shifts e.g. Hispanic population changes (from
11% to 15%) Regions (growth of the West/South at
expense of NE) Flynn Effect
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Revision Goals - I
Strengthen Four-Factor Model
Improve assessment of:
Fluid Reasoning
Working Memory
Processing Speed
Enhance clinical utility, and provide strong evidence of clinical validity.
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Revision Goals - II
Remove time-bonuses where possible. Put speed where it belongs. Improve Psychometric Properties
Subtest floors and ceilings Remove potentially biased items
Link to measures of achievement, memory, adaptive behavior, emotional intelligence, giftedness and a cognitive process instrument.
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Changes
Updated theoretical foundations
Enhanced clinical utility
Increased developmental appropriateness
Improved psychometric properties
Increased user friendliness
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SimilaritiesVocabulary
ComprehensionInformation
Word Reasoning
Block DesignPicture ConceptsMatrix ReasoningPicture Completion
CodingSymbol Search
Cancellation
Digit SpanLetter-Number
SequencingArithmetic
VCI
WMI
PRI
PSIFSIQ
Structure of WISC IV
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Subtests
Core Subtests (10 of them)
Are administered when composite scores are desired
Supplemental Subtests (5 of them)
Extend the range of cognitive skills sampled and provide additional clinical information as they enable the clinician to complete additional discrepancy analysis. They can also be used as substitutes for core subtests.
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Composite Scores
Dual (or dueling?) IQ and Index structure gone.
Now…four Indexes:
Verbal Comprehension = VCI
Perceptual Reasoning = PRI
Working Memory = WMI
Processing Speed = PSI
…and FSIQ (consisting of 10 subtests)
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Full Scale IQ
Stronger contributions of working memory and processing speed
30% each VCI and PRI
20% each PS and WM
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Composite Scores
Perceptual Reasoning Index (PRI) Shift in emphasis from organization to reasoning
Emphasis on fluid reasoning in the perceptual domain
Subtests are highly g-loaded
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Composite Scores
Working Memory Index
Essential component of fluid reasoning and other higher order skills
Closely related to achievement and learning
See Fry & Hale, 1996; Perlow, Juttuso, & Moore, 1997; Swanson, 1996
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Composite Scores
Processing Speed Index
Dynamically related to mental capacity, reading performance & development, and reasoning by conservation of resources (e.g., efficiency)
See Fry & Hale, 1996; Kail, 2000; Kail & Hall,1994; Kail & Salthouse, 1994; Berninger, 2001
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Process Scores
In addition to the subtest and composite scores, several additional process scores which provide more detailed information about a child’s performance, are available.
No additional administration procedures are requires to derive these scores.
Process scores can NEVER be substituted for core or supplemental subtest scores in the calculation of composite scores.
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User Friendliness
Testing time reduced
Administration procedures simplified
Use of supplemental subtests for a core subtest based on clinical need and appropriateness
Manual reorganization
Record Form reorganization
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Content Changes
Deleted 3 subtests Picture Arrangement
Object Assembly
Mazes
Retained, but revised, 10 subtests
Added 5 new subtests
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New Subtests
Picture Concepts
Letter-Number Sequencing
Matrix Reasoning
Cancellation
Word Reasoning
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Picture Concepts
For each item, the child is presented with 2 or 3 rows of pictures and chooses one picture from each row to form a group with a common characteristic.
Measure of fluid reasoning and abstract categorical reasoning (without verbal response).
Items progress from relatively concrete to more abstract.
28 items
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Letter-Number Sequencing
The child is read a sequence of numbers and letters and recalls the numbers is ascending order and the letters in alphabetical order.
Measure of working memory Adapted from the WAIS-III (but new items) Involves sequencing, mental manipulation,
attention, short-term auditory memory, visuospatial imaging, and processing speed
Gets credit with either order
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Matrix Reasoning
The child looks at an incomplete matrix and selects the missing portion from 5 response options. (35 items)
Measure of fluid reasoning and perceptual organization
Reliable estimate of general intellectual ability 4 types of items to assess skills
Continuous and discrete pattern completion Classification Analogical reasoning Serial reasoning
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Cancellation
The child scans both a random and structured arrangement of pictures and marks target pictures within a specified time limit.
Measure of processing speed and visual selective attention
2 forms (Random & Structured)
Forms share identical target locations
Targets are animals
Foils are common non-animal objects
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Word Reasoning
The child is asked to identify the common concept being described in a series of clues.
Measure of verbal comprehension, analogical and general reasoning ability, verbal abstraction, domain knowledge, the ability to integrate and synthesize different types of information, and the ability to generate alternative concepts.
Designed to measure fluid reasoning with verbal material.
24 items
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Updatesto Existing Subtests
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Verbal Comprehension Subtests
Similarities
Vocabulary
Comprehension
Information
Word Reasoning
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Similarities
23 items, 11 of which are new Scoring criteria for all items were revised Sample item has been revised to require a
credible response from the child before beginning the subtest rather than the corrective feedback provided on the WISC III.
The number of 1 point items was reduced from 5 to 2.
Age-defined start points were added.
In what way are a ____ and a ____ alike?
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Vocabulary
Picture naming items in the stimulus book provide more floor.
Vocabulary words are now displayed in Stimulus Book, in addition to being read aloud.
36 items, including 4 new picture items and 32 verbal items (5 new, 27 retained)
Scoring criteria for all verbal items were revised.
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Comprehension
21 items, 11 of them are new
Scoring criteria for all items were revised
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Information
Is now a supplemental subtest
33 items, 11 of them are new
Scoring criteria for some retained items have been modified
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Perceptual Reasoning Subtests
Block Design
Picture Concepts
Matrix Reasoning
Picture Completion
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Block Design
14 items, 11 were retained from WISC III, 3 were added to extend the ceiling
Instructions have been shortened
Discontinue rule has been increased from 2 to 3 consecutive scores of 0
Time bonus scores restricted to the last 6 items (total raw scores for many young children will not include any time bonus points)
Process scores available for untimed performance (BDN)
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Picture Completion
Now a supplemental subtest All new artwork Items are designed to focus less on attention to
minor visual details and more on reasoning Scoring criteria were revised and include
distinctions between those verbal responses that require pointing and those that should be awarded credit without pointing
38 items, including 13 new items
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Working Memory Subtests
Digit Span
Letter-Number Sequencing
Arithmetic
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Digit Span
Is now a core subtest and requires administration of both Digits Forward and Digits Backward
8 items in Digit Span Forward (2 trials each) and 8 items in Digit Span Backward (2 trials each)
15 trials were retained in Digit Span Forward, and 12 were retained in Digit Span Backward
a 2-digit sample item was added to DSB
process scores are available to compare DSF and DSB and LDSF and LDSB
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Arithmetic
Reduced math knowledge requirements while increasing the working memory demands
34 items, 11 items involve the same math calculation as items on WISC III, but verbatim instructions have been revised.
Time bonuses are gone.
Task more like ‘real-world’ working memory demands
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Processing Speed Subtests
Coding
Symbol Search
Cancellation
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Coding
Verbatim instructions for both forms A and B have been shortened to be more age appropriate.
Additional process scores will be on the WISC IV PI, but can “test the limits” now
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Symbol Search
Search A and B were retained from WISC III, but 15 items were added to Symbol Search B to improve the ceiling for older children.
Verbatim instructions for both forms have been shortened.
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Dropped WISC-III Subtests
Mazes Why?
Poor reliability
Little clinical utility
Infrequent use
Too much emphasis on Perceptual Organization and motor skills (less consistent with new model)
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Dropped WISC-III Subtests
Picture Arrangement Why?
Misinterpretation!
Poor Reliabilities
Less consistent with new theoretical
model
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Dropped WISC-III Subtests
Object Assembly Why?
Less consistent with new theoretical model (more dependent on perceptual organization than perceptual reasoning)
Dependence on motor skills
Dependence on speeded performance
Less “examiner-friendly”
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Standardization of the WISC-IV
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WISC Standardization
Ages 6 – 16 Standardization Sample n = 2200 200 children at each age year National sample stratified by sex, parent education level,
ethnicity and region. Extensive validity studies with 15 clinical groups. Links to several major tests See Tables 3.2-3.5 in Technical Manual for percentage
descriptions of Standardization sample
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Evidence of Reliability
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Internal Consistency
Improved coefficients for retained subtests. Significant improvement overall of subtests from WISC III.
Average reliability coefficients (calculated with Fisher’s z transformation) across age groups: Verbal Comprehension .94 Perceptual Reasoning .92 Working Memory .92 Processing Speed .88 (based on split-half) Full Scale .97
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Special Group Reliabilities
Based on sample of 661 children in 16 clinical groups. Table 4.2 in Tech Manual provides coefficients by special group.
The majority of the subtest reliability coefficients across special groups are similar or higher to those coefficients reported for the normative sample.
Average subtest reliability coefficients range from a low of .82 on DSF to a high of .93 on LN and on MR.
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Standard Errors of Measurement
At subtest level overall average SEMs range (across ages) from low of .97 on LN to a high of 1.38 on Cancellation.
At index level overall average SEMs range (across ages) from low of 2.68 on Full Scale to a high of 5.21 on Processing Speed.
As a result of relatively high reliability estimates of the composite scores, the confidence intervals tend to be small and can be found in Tables A.2-A.6 in the Administration Manual.
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Test-Retest Stability
Based on a sample of 243 children, with 18-27 from each of the 11 age groups.
Time interval ranged from 13 to 63 days, with a mean interval of 32 days.
Table 4.4 in Tech Manual indicate that scores possess adequate stability across time for all 5 age groups. The average corrected stability coefficient is highest for Vocabulary (.92), good (in the .80s) for BD, S, DS, CD, LN, MR, C, SS, PC, I, WR; and adequate for all others (.70s).
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Test-retest Gains
less pronounced on the Verbal Comprehension and Working Memory subtests
score differences for combined age groups (primarily due to practice effects) VCI 2.1 points PRI 5.2 points WMI 2.6 points PSI 7.1 points FSIQ5.6 points
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Interscorer Agreement
Based on sample of 60 cases scored independently by 4 scorers with no previous WISC IV scoring experience
Interscorer reliabilities were .98 for Similarities .98 for Vocabulary .95 for Comprehension .96 for Information .97 for Word Reasoning
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Score Differences
A statistically significant difference between scores refers to the likelihood that obtaining such a difference by chance is very low if the true difference between the scores is 0. The level of significance reflects the level of confidence you can have that the difference s a true difference.
The difference between scores required for significance is computed from the standard error of measurement of the difference.
Table B.1 in the Administration manual lists the differences between index scores required for statistical significance at the .15 and .05 levels of significance by age groups and by overall standardization sample.
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Frequency of Index Score Differences
The prevalence or frequency of an observed score difference in the general population is called the base rate.
Sometimes the difference between an individual’s index scores is statistically significant but is not infrequent. The statistical significance of differences between scores and the rarity of the difference are two different issues and have two different implications for test interpretation.
Base rates are reported in Table B.2 of the Administration manual by overall standardization sample and by ability level. It is also reported by the direction of the difference.
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Subtest Differences
The interpretation of the difference between a single subtest score and the child’s own mean score is an intraindividual comparison. Strengths and weaknesses identified in this way are relative to this child’s own ability level.
Table B.5 of the Administration manual reports the minimum differences between a single scaled score and the average scales scores of various groups of subtests required for statistical significance at the .15 and .05 levels.
Remember a difference can be statistically significant but not especially unusual. Table B.5 also provides data on the estimated base rates of the general population.
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Subtest Differences
A difference between scaled scores on a pair of subtests (pairwise comparison) can be determined to be statistically significant (use Table B.3) while base rates for differences between scores are reported in Table B.4.
Intersubtest scatter reflects the variability of a child’s scaled scores across the subtests. Such variability is often considered as diagnostically significant. Table B.6 provides cumulative percentages of intersubtest scatter within various WISC IV composite scales.
Process score differences may be of particular interest for clinical reasons. Table B.9 presents minimum scaled score differences required for statistical significance. Base rate data is reported in Table B.10.
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Evidence of Validity
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Relationship to Other Measures
Mean Scores for WISC IV and WISC III
N=244 children, aged 6—16, mean interval 28 days
WISC IV WISC III Corrected r12
VCI/VIQ 103.0 105.4 .87
PRI/PIQ 103.9 107.3 .74
WMI/FDI 101.5 103.0 .72
PSI/PSI 102.7 108.2 .81
FSIQ/FSIQ 104.5 107.0 .89
VCI/VCI 102.9 106.0 .88
PRI/POI 103.9 106.9 .72
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Relationship to Other Measures
Mean Scores for WISC IV and WPPSI III
N=182 children, aged 6—7, mean interval 22 days
WISC IV WPPSI III Corrected r12
VCI/VIQ 100.5 100.2 .83
PRI/PIQ 102.6 102.0 .79
WMI 99.6
PSI/PSQ 103.1 104.4 .65
FSIQ/FSIQ 102.7 102.5 .89
GLC 97.1
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Relationship to Other Measures
Mean Scores for WISC IV and WAIS III
N=198 children, aged 16, mean interval 22 days
WISC IV WAIS III Corrected r12
VCI/VIQ 97.3 100.2 .86
PRI/PIQ 98.9 102.3 .76
WMI/WMI 98.7 97.7 .79
PSI/PSI 99.5 102.8 .77
FSIQ/FSIQ 98.5 101.6 .89
VCI/VCI 97.3 100.8 .85
PRI/POI 98.9 103.8 .73
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Relationship to Other Measures
Mean Scores for WISC IV and WASI
N=260 children, aged 6—16, mean interval 29 days
WISC IV WASI Corrected r12
VCI/VIQ 98.9 102.6 .85
PRI/PIQ 101.4 104.0 .78
WMI 100.7
PSI/PSI 98.4
FSIQ/FSIQ-4 100.2 103.6 .86
FSIQ/FSIQ-2 100.2 102.0 .83
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Relationship to Other Measures
Mean Scores for WISC IV and WIAT II
N=550 children, aged 6—16, mean interval 12 days
VCI and Total Achievement .80
PRI and Total Achievement .71
WMI and Total Achievement .71
PSI and Total Achievement .58
FSIQ and Total Achievement .87
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Relationship to Other Measures
See Table 5.15 in Technical manual Picture Concepts correlations range from low (.30 for Oral
Expression) to moderate (.43 for Listening Comp) Letter-Number Sequencing correlations were moderate
across WIAT II subtests ranging from .39 (Oral Expression) to .60 (Math Reasoning)
Matrix Reasoning correlations ranged from .42 (Oral Expression) to .59 (Math Reasoning)
Cancellation correlated minimally with all WIAT II subtests Word Reasoning correlations ranged from .62 (Listening
Comprehension) to .42 (Oral Expression)
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Relationship to Other Measures
Table 5.16 Correlations with Children’s Memory Scales
Table 5.17 Correlations with Gifted Rating Scale (School Form)
Table 5.18 Correlations with BarOn EQ
Table 5.19—5.20 Correlations with Adaptive Behavior Assessment Scales—Second Edition
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Clinical Studies
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Clinical Matched Controls
Each clinical case is matched demographically to normal cases based on age, sex, ethnicity, parent education level, and geographic region.
The mean of all normal cases that match each clinical case is used.
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Clinical Studies
Mental Retardation – Mild WISC-IV WISC-IV PI
Mental Retardation – Moderate
Learning Disabled – Reading
Learning Disabled – Reading, Writing
Learning Disabled – Reading, Writing, Math
Learning Disabled – Math
WISC-IV WISC-IV PI WIAT-II PAL
Receptive Language Disorder
Receptive/Expressive Language Disorder
WISC-IV WISC-IV PI CELF-4
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Clinical Studies
ADD
ADD/LD Combined WISC-IV WISC-IV PI BROWN ADD
Motor Impaired WISC-IV
Hearing Impaired WISC-IV
Autism/Aspergers WISC-IV WISC-IV PI
TBI – Open WISC-IV WISC-IV PI NEPSY D-KEFS
TBI – Closed WISC-IV WISC-IV PI NEPSY D-KEFS
Gifted WISC-IV D-KEFS EQ GRS
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Mental Retardation Study-1
Mild MR Matched Control
Mean SD Mean SDVCI 67.1 9.1 98.7 12.5
PRI 65.5 10.3 98.7 15.2
WMI 66.8 11.1 99.4 13.8
PSI 73.0 11.6 98.3 13.5
FSIQ 60.5 9.2 99.2 13.6
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Mental Retardation Study-2
Moderate MR Matched Control
Mean SD Mean SD
VCI 52.3 7.5 97.2 14.1
PRI 52.5 9.2 99.2 15.2
WMI 57.0 9.5 98.9 14.6
PSI 58.2 11.0 97.3 12.3
FSIQ 46.4 8.5 98.0 14.5
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Closer look at MR
1. Must consider both intellectual functioning and adaptive behavior.
2. The prevalence of large and unusual discrepancies between verbal and nonverbal composite scores has been shown to decrease with decreasing levels of ability (Slate, 1995; Spruill, 1996, 1998; Wechsler, 1997). Thus, there appears to be less variability in performance at both the composite (index) and the subtest levels for children with MR than for children in general population.
3. Children with MR also have relative strengths and weaknesses. Study with WISC III suggested that children with Mild MR may perform slightly better on measures of processing speed than on measures of verbal or perceptual-organization abilities (Wechsler, 1991).
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LD - Reading
RD Match Diff SignifEffect
VCI 91.9 100.9 9.0 p<.0001 .89
PRI 94.4 99.3 4.9 p<.0001 .48
WMI 87 99.8 12.8 p<.0011.10
PSI 92.5 98.6 6.16 p<.001 .53
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LD – Reading & Writing
RWD Match Diff SignifEffect
VCI 94.8 101.3 6.5 p<.000 .49
PRI 98.0 101.0 3.1 p<.000 .25
WMI 90.2 100 9.8 p<.0001 .77
PSI 90.6 102 11.4 p<.000 .87
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LD – Math
MD Match Diff SignifEffect
VCI 93.2 99.3 6.1 p<.000 .61
PRI 87.7 97.2 9.6 p<.000 .80
WMI 92.9 99.7 6.7 p<.000 .56
PSI 90.6 95.6 5 p<.000 .36
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Related Assessmentsin Development
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Co-Normedwith WISC-IV PI
WISC-IV PI provides a number of standardized subtests and scores
Allows testing-of-limits supported by normative data
Multiple-choice version of Verbal subtests and Block Design
Spatial Span—Spatial Working Memory Elithorn Mazes—Executive Function Frequency of error types
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WISC-IV Spanish Edition
To be normed entirely in the U.S.
Items adapted from WISC-IV
Where adaptation is impossible,
parallel items have been created.
Standardization 2003
We NEED your help!
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In Summary
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WISC IV
The 4-factor model has been strengthened by adding new subtests that measure fluid reasoning, working memory and processing speed.
The number of core subtests required (and, therefore, testing time) has been reduced.
Floors, ceilings, and reliabilities improved on all subtests.
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WISC IV
Subtests and indexes with demonstrated clinical utility are provided.
Usability of the test kit improved.
Easy to administer and carry!
Dedicated website.
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Remember
Psychological assessment is a clinical activity that employs test scores, but only as one of the sources from which an astute clinician develops a well-integrated and comprehensive psychological portrait of the child examined.
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